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Cook County Board of Commissioners Confirms Dr. Stephen J. Cina as New Medical Examiner
By mary.paleologos at July 25, 2012 | 8:13 am | 0 Comment
On July 24, 2012, the Cook County Board of Commissioners confirmed the appointment of Dr. Cina as Cook County Medical Examiner. Dr. Cina brings to the county two decades of experience in the field of forensic pathology, as well as outstanding credentials and executive experience. He is currently the associate medical director and chief administrative officer of the more...
Statement By President Preckwinkle On Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Proposed Welcoming City Ordinance
By Sebastian James at July 10, 2012 | 2:35 pm | 2 Comments
I support Mayor Emanuel’s proposed Welcoming City Ordinance, which furthers our community’s decision to be a fair and equal county for immigrants, and underscores the message that we will not target the undocumented who are here to work hard and obey our laws. The mayor’s ordinance, along with Cook County laws, ensures that police officers will be able to focus more...
Preckwinkle Lays Out Vision For Cook County Land Bank
By Sebastian James at June 21, 2012 | 11:59 am | 3 Comments
[caption id="attachment_7411" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Toni Preckwinkle discusses vacant property strategies in a panel discussion moderated by NPR's Bob Edwards"][/caption] Speaking at a national conference on vacant property and land use, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today announced her vision for a Cook County Land Bank, an entity more...
Second-Installment Property Tax Bills to be Mailed on Time for the First Time in Three Decades
By Sebastian James at June 6, 2012 | 10:37 am | 6 Comments
Cook County elected officials announced Wednesday that 1.8 million second-installment property tax bills are expected to be mailed on time this year for the first time since 1978 – a move that will save municipalities and school districts millions of dollars. Staff from county agencies met months ago to develop an accelerated schedule to restore timeliness and more...
Cook County Tax Incentives Help 126-Year Old Company Create 40 Jobs
By Sebastian James at May 10, 2012 | 2:28 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today visited Gonnella Baking Company’s newly expanded facility made possible by a Class 6B tax credit that kept the company from moving outside of Cook County, which it has called home for more than a century. Founded in the City of Chicago in 1886, Gonnella Baking Company has been a leading manufacturer of bread in the more...
Statement from President Preckwinkle on the 2011 Cook County Pension Fund Actuary Report
By Sebastian James at May 3, 2012 | 3:33 pm | 0 Comment
“The Cook County Pension fund released figures today showing that the funded ratios for Cook County and the Forest Preserve District as of December 31, 2011 are 57.5% and 61.6%, respectively. In 2010, the funding levels were 60.7% and 65.2%, respectively. “The downward trend of our funding ratios resulting from a recurring structural deficit is a reminder of the more...
President Preckwinkle Unveils 2012 Cook County Highway Plan
By Communications Staff at May 3, 2012 | 12:49 pm | 0 Comment
President Toni Preckwinkle unveiled the 2012 Cook County Highway Plan today, offering motorists a roadmap for construction season and all-new online information about ongoing projects. The 2012 Cook County Highway Plan will improve 70 miles of roads in more than 30 suburban municipalities at a cost of $65 million dollars. The 27 county roadway projects scheduled for more...
Task Force Recommends Eventual Elimination of Unincorporated Cook
By Sebastian James at April 30, 2012 | 11:24 am | 6 Comments
The Cook County Unincorporated Task Force has completed its initial findings, and recommends that all unincorporated areas of the county be eventually annexed into existing municipalities, President Toni Preckwinkle announced today. President Preckwinkle directed the formation of the Task Force on November 4, 2011 fulfilling a goal promised in her Transition more...
Certificates of Purchase Awarded Through No Cash Bid
By Sebastian James at April 4, 2012 | 2:10 pm | 0 Comment
Thirteen municipalities across Cook County received 193 certificates of purchase from the 2011 Scavenger Sale as part of the county’s No Cash Bid Program, President Preckwinkle announced today. The No Cash Bid program is one of the county’s economic development tools designed to help municipalities and other taxing bodies acquire tax delinquent property for reuse more...
Preckwinkle takes new steps to strengthen budget process, collaboration
By Sebastian James at February 23, 2012 | 12:33 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced today the signing of an Executive Order that will strengthen the County’s Budget process and increase collaboration between the President’s office and other offices and departments throughout the County government. The Executive Order mandates the President’s office to issue a preliminary budget on June 30 of more...
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